Recaps

Tang Jiu hunted a White Feather Wind Swallow with Flender and absorbed its Spirit Ring, gaining a speed skill. He revealed that his Spirit Ring Spirit could also steal an opponent’s speed, leaving Flender stunned as Tang Jiu’s speed surged.

• Tang Jiu persuaded Flender to help him hunt an Agile Attack Type Spirit Beast, promising Flender any Spirit Bone that dropped.
• Master advised Tang Jiu to seek a two-thousand-year speed-type Spirit Beast, and Flender found a White Feather Wind Swallow.
• Flender weakened the White Feather Wind Swallow, and Tang Jiu killed it, but no Spirit Bone appeared.
• Tang Jiu absorbed the White Feather Wind Swallow’s Purple Soul Ring and gained the Ring of Speed, which increased his speed.
• Tang Jiu placed his Spirit Ring Spirit on Flender and used Evil Ring of Speed to steal Flender’s speed and add it to his own.

Tang Jiu revealed the power of his Evil Ring of Speed and his rapidly increasing Soul Power, alarming Flender and impressing Master. After Flender admitted him to Shrek Academy, Tang Jiu avoided registering with Spirit Hall and headed to a blacksmith to have a heavier War Hammer forged.

• Tang Jiu explained that his Evil Ring of Speed stole an enemy's speed and gave it to him, with its power increasing as he gained Spirit Rings.
• Tang Jiu told Flender that absorbing two Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a Spirit Bone had raised his Soul Power far beyond what Flender expected.
• Tang Jiu demanded the Gold Soul Coins Flender owed him, and Master warned Flender that Tang Jiu was protected by Clear Sky Douluo.
• Flender admitted Tang Jiu to Shrek Academy and called the debt tuition, while Master explained that the academy charged fees according to a student's wealth.
• Tang Jiu declined to register at the Spirit Hall Branch, then parted from Master and Tang San to get a heavier War Hammer forged.

Tang Jiu ordered a massive war hammer and returned to Nuoding Academy with Tang San, where they found Xiao Chenyu's group confronting the Work-Study Students. After Tang Jiu teased Tang San and Xiao Wu about their relationship, Xiao Chenyu demanded that Liu Long attack him.

• Tang Jiu commissioned an eighty-centimeter, 3,500-jin war hammer for one hundred Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San complained about his spending.
• Tang San heard that Xiao Chenyu had confronted the Work-Study Students and hurried to the back hill, with Tang Jiu following and teasing him about Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Chenyu's followers had knocked Wang Sheng down, and Xiao Chenyu called Xiao Wu his pet because of her rabbit martial soul.
• Xiao Wu greeted Tang San and Tang Jiu, then argued with Tang Jiu over what they should call each other and grew angry when he joked that her rabbit gift had been roasted.
• Xiao Wu threatened to make Tang San sleep separately, while Tang Jiu joked about his blanket and watched Tang San's confusion.
• Xiao Chenyu, angered that everyone ignored him, ordered Liu Long to teach Tang Jiu a lesson.

Tang Jiu defeated Liu Long and more than thirty students without summoning his spirit, then forced them to stop bullying new students and clean for the Work-Study Students. As he returned to Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu warned him that teacher Zhang Feng wanted to cripple him.

• Tang Jiu challenged Liu Long’s bullying rules, then shattered Liu Long’s Silver Rod with one punch and knocked him down.
• At Xiao Chenyu’s order, more than thirty students summoned their spirits and attacked Tang Jiu together.
• Tang Jiu battered the attackers, used vine-bound students as weapons, and broke Xiao Chenyu’s arm when he tried to sneak attack.
• The defeated students accepted Tang Jiu as Ninth Brother, and he ordered them to help the Work-Study Students clean for a year and never bully new students.
• Xiao Wu told Tang Jiu that teacher Zhang Feng was looking for him and wanted to cripple him.

Tang Jiu rushed back to Nuoding Academy after learning Zhang Hong was attacking Master, then faced the level-thirty-five Battle Soul Master himself. The chapter left them clashing head-on after Tang Jiu revealed his Thousand-Year First Soul Ring and activated his Fury skill.

• Lainter told Tang Jiu that Zhang Hong had challenged Master to a soul battle after failing to find Tang Jiu.
• Master used Three Pao the Turtle's Thousand-Year Spirit Skill twice, but Zhang Hong evaded the flames and wounded him with his Azure Wolf martial soul.
• Zhang Hong stomped on Master and moved to kill him, but Tang Jiu arrived and stopped the attack.
• Master explained that he had fought Zhang Hong to learn his spirit skills for Tang Jiu, and Tang Jiu vowed to kill Zhang Hong.
• Tang Jiu summoned his Bullet Ant Spirit, revealing a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring, while Zhang Hong attacked him.
• Tang Jiu activated his Fury skill and punched Zhang Hong's claw with a Military Fist technique.

Tang Jiu defeated and killed Zhang Hong, then left Nuoding Academy after Director Su expelled him. The Nuoding City Lord learned that Tang Jiu might have Twin Martial Souls and recognized his hammer as the Clear Sky Hammer, linking him to a bounty on Tang Hao and his son.

• Tang Jiu shattered Zhang Hong's shield and defeated him with a punch and a kick, then killed him despite Director Su's attempt to intervene.
• Tang Jiu took Zhang Hong's Gold Soul Coins, recovered his tuition, and asked Tang San to use Master's card to find a Healing Soul Master for Teacher.
• Tang Jiu settled at an inn and planned to leave for Shrek Academy after receiving his War Hammer.
• The Nuoding City Lord heard Zhang Feng's account and recognized Tang Jiu's War Hammer as the Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Nuoding City Lord recalled Spirit Hall's bounty for information about Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao or his son.

The City Lord and Sox identified Tang Jiu as Tang Hao’s son and plotted to kill him outside Nuoding City while blaming Spirit Hall. Tang Jiu was ambushed by Sox, Kasha, and Zhang Feng, and revealed his level and Bullet Ant martial soul as the fight began.

• Sox concluded that Tang Jiu was Tang Hao’s son because he had Twin Martial Souls and a Thousand-Year First Ring.
• The City Lord wanted to kill Tang Jiu to gain a duchy, and Sox advised waiting until he was outside Nuoding City to avoid Tang Hao’s revenge.
• Tang Jiu collected a repaired hammer and a 3,500-jin War Hammer, then left Nuoding City on a forced march toward Suotuo City.
• A golden-haired woman blocked Tang Jiu outside the city while Sox and Zhang Feng approached and surrounded him.
• Sox, Kasha, and Zhang Feng revealed their martial souls and spirit rings, and Tang Jiu announced that he was a level twenty-six Assault Type Soul Grandmaster with a Bullet Ant martial soul.

Tang Jiu used his sudden rise to Soul Grandmaster to ambush his attackers and exploit their confusion. He killed Zhang Feng and crippled Kasha, then turned to face the approaching Sox.

• Tang Jiu revealed two purple spirit rings, activated Berserk, and killed Zhang Feng with a hammer strike to the back.
• Kasha rushed at Tang Jiu, but he tricked her into retreating by shouting that Tang Hao had arrived, then taunted her as he fled.
• Tang Jiu used his abilities to make Kasha believe her Thousand-Year Soul Ring had vanished, distracting her as Sox chased after him.
• Tang Jiu threw a hammer at Kasha, shattering one arm, then feinted another throw and struck her with a heavier hammer that broke her other arm and several ribs.
• Tang Jiu watched the injured Kasha fall and turned toward Sox, who was rushing at him.

Tang Jiu defeated and killed Sox after suppressing his spirit abilities, then killed Kasha despite her offer to help him confront the City Lord. He headed back toward Nuoding City, determined to settle the score with the City Lord.

• Tang Jiu used Ring Restriction and Evil Ring of Speed to weaken Sox and dodge his attacks.
• Tang Jiu boosted his strength and speed, broke Sox's forearm, and dealt him a fatal blow.
• Kasha pleaded for her life and revealed that the City Lord was a level-forty Soul Ancestor allied with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Jiu rejected Kasha's offer and killed her by throwing his hammer at her.
• Tang Jiu searched Sox and Kasha for valuables, found no money, and headed toward Nuoding City.

Tang Jiu returned to Nuoding Academy and asked Master to teach him how to fuse his two martial souls so he could kill the Nuoding City Lord. He successfully devoured the Spirit Ring Spirit with his Bullet Ant Spirit, awakening a new form called Evil Ring Devouring Heaven Ant, and Master began warning him about its drawback.

• Tang Jiu decided that defeating the level 42 Nuoding City Lord required a plan and secretly returned to Nuoding Academy to consult Master.
• Tang Jiu insisted he had to kill the city lord, and Master explained that fusing martial souls could create a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Master warned Tang Jiu that a self-fusion could overwhelm his body, but Tang Jiu swallowed the Spirit Ring Spirit to make his Bullet Ant Spirit absorb it.
• Tang Jiu's Bullet Ant transformed, gaining wings and a red forehead mark, while a brilliant Three-Colored Spirit Ring appeared.
• Tang Jiu named his new Self Spirit Fusion Skill Evil Ring Devouring Heaven Ant, and Master warned him that the skill had a drawback.

Tang Jiu tested his Self Spirit Fusion Skill with Master and discovered it could steal an opponent’s speed, though it had strict limits. He recognized the blood-red marks on his spirit as a Heavenly Curse Seal but could not activate it, then began planning to attack the Nuoding City Lord with help.

• Master warned Tang Jiu that his Self Spirit Fusion Skill could overwhelm his body and cause side effects such as dimmed or lost Spirit Rings.
• Tang Jiu tested Speed Deprivation on Master and found that each attack stole 5% of Master’s speed and added it to his own.
• Tang Jiu learned the skill lasted one minute, could be used only once a month, and returned the stolen speed after three minutes.
• Tang Jiu recognized the three blood-red marks on his spirit as a Heavenly Curse Seal but failed to activate them with hatred or Soul Power.
• Tang Jiu planned to attack the Nuoding City Lord and suggested asking Flander to help, but Master doubted Flander would join him.

Tang Jiu trained until he broke through a Soul Power level, then drew Flender into a scheme to attack the Nuoding City Lord’s Mansion and eliminate everyone who knew his identity. The chapter left Flender stunned when Tang Jiu revealed that Tang Hao was not coming and that they would face the City Lord and Spirit Hall’s Enforcement Team alone.

• Tang Jiu cultivated for twenty-eight days, learned to replace more sleep with Soul Power cultivation, and broke through to the next level.
• Tang Jiu lured Flender into agreeing to help attack the City Lord’s Mansion by promising him half the seized wealth and claiming Tang Hao would take responsibility.
• Tang Jiu and Flender stormed the City Lord’s Mansion at night, driving off its weaker soldiers and drawing out the Nuoding City Lord and four Spirit Hall Enforcement Team members.
• Flender urged Tang Jiu to summon Tang Hao, but Tang Jiu admitted that his father was nowhere to be found and told Flender to fight the five opponents with him.

Tang Jiu fought the Nuoding City Lord after Flender fled, using his strength and spirit skills to break through the City Lord’s Blood Vine attacks. He smashed through two layers of vines and sent the City Lord flying, leaving Spirit Hall’s Enforcement Team stunned.

• Flender fled the City Lord’s Mansion, while Tang Jiu insisted he could handle the Nuoding City Lord and Spirit Hall’s Enforcement Team alone.
• The Nuoding City Lord and four Spirit Hall enforcers revealed their martial souls and spirit rings, and Tang Jiu summoned his Bullet Ant Spirit and war hammer.
• Tang Jiu shattered the City Lord’s Blood Vine attack, but the City Lord trapped him in a cage and attacked with Thorn Blood Spikes.
• Tang Jiu used his thousand-year spirit skill, Fury, to break free and charge the City Lord, while his Spirit Ring Spirit stopped the City Lord’s fourth spirit skill from activating.
• Tang Jiu used Fury again to smash through two Blood Vine Cages and strike the City Lord in the chest, shocking the Spirit Hall enforcers.

Tang Jiu revealed his Self Spirit Fusion Skill and used Speed Deprivation to overpower the Spirit Hall Enforcement Team. The fight continued with the Amethyst Spirit Master insisting Tang Jiu’s speed-devouring power had to have a limit.

• The Nuoding City Lord exposed Tang Jiu as Tang Hao’s son before Tang Jiu killed him with a hammer.
• The four Spirit Hall Enforcement Team members planned to capture Tang Jiu, while Flender rushed in to rescue him.
• Tang Jiu transformed his Bullet Ant and revealed a purple, white, and yellow Three-Colored Spirit Ring, then activated Speed Deprivation.
• Tang Jiu drained speed from the Lightning Leopard and Flame Bird Spirit Masters as he evaded their attacks and wounded them.
• The Five-Leaf Clover Spirit Master realized Tang Jiu gained the speed he stole, but the Amethyst Spirit Master urged the team to stay calm.

Tang Jiu used his speed-plundering ability to kill three Spirit Masters, but the accumulating energy pushed his body to its limit. The Amethyst Spirit Master then struck him with a powerful spiritual attack, leaving Tang Jiu apparently incapacitated as the marks on his forehead began absorbing something.

• Tang Jiu killed the Five-Leaf Clover Spirit Master and then evaded the Flame Bird Spirit Master's attacks before killing him.
• Tang Jiu overwhelmed the Lightning Leopard Spirit Master's clones, stole much of his speed, and pierced his heart.
• The energy Tang Jiu had accumulated drove his body toward its limit, while the Amethyst Spirit Master waited for his chance to attack.
• The Amethyst Spirit Master unleashed four stacked uses of Spirit Pierce, blacking out Tang Jiu's vision as the marks on his forehead lit up.

Tang Jiu defeated the Amethyst Spirit Master and the rest of Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team by activating Heavenly Curse Seal One, but his Soul Power plunged after he ended the fusion skill. Master examined him and urgently asked whether his physical constitution and base strength had changed.

• The Heavenly Curse Seal absorbed the Amethyst Spirit Master's spiritual attack, and Tang Jiu realized its commas charged the seal's states.
• Tang Jiu pierced the Amethyst Spirit Master, whose counterattack shattered Tang Jiu's meridians and left his body on the verge of exploding.
• Flender flew to fetch Master, while Tang Jiu activated Heavenly Curse Seal One, repaired his meridians, and killed the Amethyst Spirit Master.
• Tang Jiu looted the corpses and celebrated defeating Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team before Flender and Master arrived.
• Master told Tang Jiu to cancel the fusion skill, and Tang Jiu's Soul Power rapidly fell several levels.
• Master questioned Tang Jiu about changes to his physical constitution and base strength.

Tang Jiu learned that losing Soul Power Levels had strengthened his body, then angered Flender by revealing his loot and mocking him. Tang Hao appeared, beat Flender, thanked the Master for teaching his sons, and scolded Tang Jiu, who teased him about Spirit Hall’s Saintess.

• The Master explained that Tang Jiu’s lost Soul Power had tempered his body, and Tang Jiu realized his strength, speed, and endurance had improved.
• Tang Jiu revealed he had looted 1.8 million Gold Soul Coins, prompting Flender to demand half and then threaten to discipline him.
• Tang Hao emerged and beat Flender after challenging him to attack without using his martial soul, while instructing Tang Jiu about the power of strength.
• Tang Hao gave the Master a high-level Spirit Hall token and thanked him for teaching Tang San and Tang Jiu.
• Tang Hao rebuked Tang Jiu for causing trouble, and Tang Jiu retorted by joking that his father had ruined Spirit Hall’s Saintess.

Tang Hao sent Tang Jiu to the Star Dou Great Forest to hide from Spirit Hall, where Tang Jiu spent months cultivating and chose a Ten Thousand Year Azure Carved Demon Statue for his second Soul Ring. As the beast fled from him, a Soul Master arrived and reported it to a handsomely dressed child.

• Tang Hao confiscated Tang Jiu's money, ordered him to train in the Star Dou Great Forest until he was eleven, and altered the words Tang Jiu had carved on the ground to blame Tang Heizhi, son of Tang Hao.
• Tang Jiu persuaded Flender to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest by offering two thousand Gold Soul Coins and forgiveness of his debt.
• After months of cultivation, Tang Jiu decided his Spirit Ring Spirit's second Soul Ring should amplify Soul Power and sought a Ten Thousand Year Azure Carved Demon Statue.
• Tang Jiu found the Azure Carved Demon Statue, but it fled, stirring up nearby Soul Beasts as he pursued it.
• A flying Soul Master reported the Ten Thousand Year Azure Carved Demon Statue to a handsomely dressed child, addressing the child as Young Master.

Qian Renxue led a team of Spirit Hall Soul Masters into Star Dou Forest to hunt the Azure Carved Demon Statue, where they encountered Tang Jiu. Their clash escalated when Tang Jiu made a shocking claim about the previous Pope’s wife, leaving Qian Renxue furious and ordering him killed.

• Qian Renxue directed five level 50 Soul Masters to weaken the Azure Carved Demon Statue for her soul-ring trial.
• The Azure Carved Demon Statue found itself caught between Qian Renxue’s team and Tang Jiu, so it pretended to give up and hoped they would fight.
• A Spirit Hall Soul Master ordered Tang Jiu to stand aside, but Tang Jiu dismissed Spirit Hall and refused to leave.
• Qian Renxue deduced that Tang Jiu had Twin Martial Souls and offered him the beast in exchange for becoming her guard, but Tang Jiu rejected her offer.
• Tang Jiu claimed that Tang Hao had run away with the previous Pope’s wife, and Qian Renxue, devastated and enraged, ordered her team to kill him.

Tang Jiu transformed into the Evil Ring Devouring Heaven Ant and activated the Heavenly Curse Seal’s final form against Qian Renxue’s Spirit Hall Soul Masters. He killed the Ice Bird Spirit Master and charged at the next opponent.

• Tang Jiu argued with Qian Renxue and her five Soul King companions after they tried to take the soul beast he was hunting.
• The Ice Bird Spirit Master froze Tang Jiu and attacked him, but Tang Jiu crushed the ice blade with his bare hand and transformed into the Evil Ring Devouring Heaven Ant.
• Tang Jiu activated the Heavenly Curse Seal’s final form, then used Speed Deprivation to charge the Spirit Hall group.
• Tang Jiu shattered the Ice Bird Spirit Master’s repeated Ice Seals and pierced his heart before throwing him toward the healing Soul Master.
• The Azure Carved Demon Statue clapped the mortally wounded Ice Bird Spirit Master between its hands, killing him as Tang Jiu rushed toward the Agile Attack Soul Master.

Tang Jiu used his speed and the Azure Carved Demon Statue to break Qian Renxue’s siege, killing three of her Spirit Masters as his countdown ran low. As he charged at the Wind Eagle Spirit Master, Qian Renxue summoned the Angel’s Sacred Sword.

• Qian Renxue commanded the Spirit Masters to combine their attacks, but Tang Jiu survived the Fire Tiger Spirit Master’s Flame Shockwave unharmed.
• Tang Jiu targeted Qian Renxue, disrupting her formation when the Spirit Masters abandoned their attack plan to protect her.
• Tang Jiu killed the Treasure Pagoda Spirit Master and sent him into the Azure Carved Demon Statue, which killed him.
• Tang Jiu overpowered the Fire Tiger Spirit Master, and the Azure Carved Demon Statue stomped him to death.
• Tang Jiu absorbed the Fire Tiger Spirit Master’s speed and charged at the Wind Eagle Spirit Master as Qian Renxue drew the Angel’s Sacred Sword.

Tang Jiu survived Qian Renxue’s holy sword by taking her hostage and forcing the Healing Scepter Soul Master to restore him. After the Azure Carved Demon Statue killed the remaining guards, Tang Jiu released Qian Renxue and used his Spirit Ring Spirit to weaken the beast as it charged him, leaving it fleeing.

• Tang Jiu killed the Wind Eagle Spirit Master, then grabbed Qian Renxue and threatened the Healing Scepter Soul Master to prevent her from intervening.
• Tang Jiu forced the Healing Scepter Soul Master to heal him, and discovered that her healing let him recover without spending Soul Power.
• The Azure Carved Demon Statue killed the Healing Scepter Soul Master, completing its pentakill while Tang Jiu still held Qian Renxue.
• Tang Jiu released Qian Renxue and challenged the Azure Carved Demon Statue, then restricted six thousand years of its cultivation with his Spirit Ring Spirit.
• The Azure Carved Demon Statue turned and fled as Tang Jiu began using his First Spirit Skill, Evil Ring of Speed.

Tang Jiu killed the Azure Carved Demon Statue, absorbed its ten-thousand-year soul ring, and forced Qian Renxue to serve as his maid. When he demanded that she help treat his wounds, Qian Renxue revealed she was a girl, but Tang Jiu threatened her with Angel's Sacred Sword when she refused to chew up the medicine.

• Tang Jiu used Angel's Sacred Sword to split the slowed Azure Carved Demon Statue in two and confiscated the sword from Qian Renxue.
• Tang Jiu absorbed the statue's ten-thousand-year soul ring in a second, shocking Qian Renxue with his purple and black soul rings.
• Tang Jiu threatened Qian Renxue until she called him Young Master, then ordered her to exchange clothes with him.
• Qian Renxue revealed she was a girl after Tang Jiu began undressing, and Tang Jiu declared that she would be his Little Maid.
• Tang Jiu ordered Qian Renxue to chew up Five Leaf Clover and apply it to his wound, then cut her neck with Angel's Sacred Sword when she refused.

Tang Jiu forced the captured Qian Renxue to serve as his maid in the Star Dou Great Forest, while she concealed her identity and waited for a chance to escape. When Qian Renxue secretly flew away at night, Tang Jiu noticed and dismissed her hopes of getting out of the forest.

• Qian Renxue treated Tang Jiu’s wounds with chewed leaves, and Tang Jiu used the leaves to treat her neck wound as well.
• Tang Jiu questioned Qian Renxue about her identity; she gave the false name Xiao Qing and claimed her family elder was a Titled Douluo in Chrysanthemum Douluo’s family.
• Tang Jiu found Qian Renxue’s storage Soul Tool, but stopped trying to take it after she began to cry and instead made her change into women’s clothes.
• Qian Renxue changed into a white-and-gold dress, ate soul beast meat with Tang Jiu, and slept in the treehouse.
• Qian Renxue spread her angel wings and flew from the treehouse at night, but Tang Jiu woke and said she could not escape the Star Dou Great Forest.

Qian Renxue fled through the Star Dou Great Forest but was poisoned by a Jade Scale Snake before Tang Jiu rescued her. After recovering at his tree house, she agreed to stay with him for now, though their new life together began with teasing and a struggle over food.

• Qian Renxue escaped a golden eagle by diving into the forest, where a Jade Scale Snake bit her and left her paralyzed by its venom.
• Tang Jiu arrived in time to kill the snake with Angel's Sacred Sword, sucked poison from Qian Renxue's wound, and treated it with crushed Five Leaf Clover.
• Tang Jiu carried Qian Renxue to the tree house and cooked soup from the snake, which she accidentally spat across his face when she learned what it was.
• Qian Renxue agreed to stay with Tang Jiu and learned his name was Little Jiu, though she refused to call him Brother.
• The next day, Qian Renxue's attempt to cook failed, and she begged Little Jiu Brother for some of his bone soup.